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Left-handed ex-American Taiwanese filmmaker interested in jug band music and stocky Puerto Ricans. Film at 11.

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自己紹介

照相因為太簡單, 所以並不容易...Taking pictures is hard, not because there's so little beauty in the world, but because it's everywhere, in all scales, sizes, shapes and colors, up and down, front and back...todo me parece bonito.

I was raised in the United States, but later immigrated to Taiwan. I have been a citizen of the Republic of China since the early 90's, but I have lived in Hong Kong and mainland China as well. I have been a shoe inspector in Qingdao, a soldier in the Taiwanese army, a cameraman for TVBS(a local cable TV station), a production assistant and bit-part actor on a couple of feature-length movies, a reporter/photographer/editor/translator for a newspaper, an editor at an advertising company in Taipei, and, most recently, a consultant/editor/translator/secret agent at a nondescript government agency here in Taipei.

I attended Tunghai University in Taichung, Washington & Lee University in Lexington, Virginia and the New York Film Academy in New York City. I play the trumpet, euphonium, the washtub bass and a little piano. I like to compose music now and then. I studied Shotokan Karate in High school, Shaolin-style Kungfu in college as well as after I graduated and most recently, Tai-chi Sword here in Taipei. I have been taking pictures since I was 16 and got my first camera, a Pentax K1000.

Being an ROC citizen, I was drafted into the military here in the mid 90's, when I spent two years as a conscript soldier in the ROC army (infantry), which included lots of guard duty, pig-sticking and other interesting things. I wrote a book about my experiences, entitled Counting Mantou, which came out in Chinese in April of 2003. I also write occasionally for newspapers. In 2003 I filmed a short yet action-packed film for the Lady X series, and now I'm working with some friends on another, even more involved film. I'm also a member of a local jug band called the Muddy Basin Ramblers.